XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 12/12/2025 6:09 pm, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:49:08 -0800, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >> I do not think a family sedan such as my parents used weighed under   
   >> 2 tons. Of course that time was over 68 years ago.  And steering   
   >> was real exercise and brakes were unassisted.   
   >   
   > The first car I remember was a '51 Chevy and that was about 3100   
   > pounds. The '57 Chevy was around 3500. The '62 Rambler classic was   
   > back down around 3000. (Damn you, George Romney!)   
   >   
   > My '62 Lincoln Continental was 5200. Now there was a car. You could   
   > run over slow moving Volkswagens andnot even notice. On the other   
   > end of the spectrum my '62 AH Sprite was 1500.   
   >   
   The first car I can remember my Father having was a GMH (General Motors   
   - Holden, the Australian arm of GM) Utility. Apparently they were   
   designed specifically for the Farmer to take his wife to Church on   
   Sundays and then to load up with livestock during the week to take them   
   to market ... or so the story goes. In the U.S. of A., they might have   
   called the body style a Pick-Up Truck.   
      
   As we kids came along, he brought a VW Kombi van ... to hold all his   
   tools/ladders/stuff during the week and then, on the week-end, the tools   
   were out to make way for some flat chipboard seats for us to sit on.   
      
   Seatbelts?? What are they?? ;-P   
      
   When we travelled long'ish distances to visit relo's, Dad would put a   
   mattress on top of the motor compartment so some of us could get a bit   
   of extra sleep.   
      
   I think the Kombi was followed up with a Honda Scamp. Not much more than   
   a Honda 360cc Motorbike engine in a small car body!   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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